Lord Hunt of Kings Heath: The information is in the table.
	
		
			 The number of incapacity benefit and severe disablement allowance claimants by age decile at 31 May (2006) 
			 Under 20 38,800 
			 20-29 278,720 
			 30-39 464,470 
			 40-49 667,270 
			 50-59 928,110 
			 60-69 336,330 
			 70-79 13,410 
			 80-89 2,770 
			 90 and over 60 
			 DWP Information Directorate: Work and Pensions longitudinal study 100 per cent data. 
			 Figures are rounded to the nearest 10. 
			 "Claimant" figures include all IB and SDA, including IB credits-only cases.

Lord Laird: asked Her Majesty's Government:
	What is the community background of Northern Ireland civil servants that work in the North/South Ministerial sectoral in Armagh.

Lord Rooker: Understanding and reducing greenhouse gases (GHGs) from farming, and the interaction between GHG emissions and reducing the overall environmental impact of agriculture, is a complex area. Research to inform policy development is therefore a priority, and we can also draw on an extensive back-catalogue of work already conducted by Defra and its predecessors. Research is prominent in our commitments in the 2006 UK Climate Change Programme, including:
	research, at a cost of £1 million over three years, to improve the inventory of emissions from agriculture;research on impacts and adaptation responses for land managers;research to improve our understanding of the contribution which improved land management practices, including environmental stewardship measures, can make to climate-change mitigation; andraising the efficiency of nitrogen use in agriculture.
	We are also developing a policy position, supported by research and development work, on the use of anaerobic digestion to reduce methane emissions. The full range of research and development projects—past, current and proposed—to reduce emissions are available on the Defra website at www2.defra.gov.uk/research/project_data/Default.asp.

Lord Pearson of Rannoch: asked Her Majesty's Government:
	Further to the Written Statement by Lord McKenzie of Luton on 20 November (WS 18), what are the "popular myths about fraud and corruption in the European Union" dispelled by the House of Lords European Select Committee's report on Financial Management and Fraud in the European Union (HL Paper 270, Session 2005-06).

Lord McKenzie of Luton: The information on the value of manufactured goods exported from Northern Ireland to India in 2004-05 is shown in the table.
	
		
			 Value1 of manufactured goods exported from Northern Ireland2 to India in 2004-05 (£ million) 
			 Year Manufactured goods3 
			 2004 7.8 
			 2005 10.5 
			 1 Value of goods declared 
			 2 Traders registered in Northern Ireland 
			 3 Goods classified under Standard International Trade Classification (SITC) Section 6 
			 Source: HM Revenue & Customs, regional trade statistics

Lord Triesman: The Government co-operated fully with the European Parliament Committee in its preparation of this draft report. We have found no evidence since 1997 of detainees being rendered through the UK or overseas territories where there were substantial grounds to believe that there was a real risk of torture. I refer the noble Lord to the Written Ministerial Statement made by my right honourable friend the then Foreign Secretary (Mr Jack Straw) on 20 January 2006 (Official Report, cols. 38WS), which clearly sets out our position.

Lord Rooker: Regulation 11 of the Environmental Information Regulations sets out the mechanism for those requesting environmental information to ask public authorities to review their response to requests. The request for a review must be made within 40 days of the date on which the requester believes the authority failed to comply with a requirement of the regulations. The Government do not hold information centrally on when these reviews take place.
	The Department for Constitutional Affairs (DCA) is committed to publishing quarterly updates on departmental performance under the Freedom of Information Act. This includes information on the number of requests referred for internal review on the grounds that requested information was not provided. The most recent of these was published on 29 September 2006 and can be found both on the DCA website at www.foi.gov.uk/reference/statsAndReports/stats06_apr-jun.htm and in the Library. The next bulletin is due next month, while an annual report is due to be published in early 2007.

The Earl of Sandwich: asked Her Majesty's Government:
	Whether they have made representations to the Government of Iraq about the influence of militias and their alleged links with individuals and groups in government, and about the need to controland disarm these militias; and, if so, with what results.

Lord Adonis: Giving priority to siblings in school admissions can support families, especially those with young children, and this is acknowledged in paragraph 2.10 of the draft new school admissions code. The Education and Skills Select Committee, in its 2004 report on secondary school admissions, supported the use of this criterion but was concerned that giving priority to siblings could also substantially reduce the number of school places available for other families, including those with only one child or where the eldest child has yet to start school. This is exacerbated if schools do not take account of a family's change of address when applying the sibling criterion or by the use of other criteria, such as catchment areas that are some distance from the school.
	Giving priority to siblings will reduce the number of places available to other families. At schools with a high proportion of selection by ability or aptitude there will be fewer non-selective places available for other families if siblings of those admitted by selection are given priority. Accordingly, paragraph 2.13 of the draft school admissions code states that priority for admission to schools that select more than 10 per cent of the intake by ability or aptitude should not be given to children on the basis that they have a sibling at the school. This is not an absolute prohibition; schools may continue to use the criterion but will need to justify doing so in the context of admission arrangements in their area if an objection is made to the schools adjudicator.
	Parental support for schools is important, and the Government recognise this in the draft new school admissions code. The Government are also aware that some partially selective schools are concerned that they will not be able to encourage a family ethos if they do not give priority to siblings. The new code will establish a clear and straightforward framework for school admissions that puts the family at the heart of the system. It is essential that we extend fair access and choice to all families, not just a few.
	To date, more than 2800 representations have been received on this issue, primarily from parents who have children at partially selective schools and who may have expected their younger children also to be admitted. All the responses to the consultation will be taken into account in preparing the new school admissions code, for which we will seek the approval of Parliament early in the new year.

Lord Luke: asked Her Majesty's Government:
	Whether they will place in the Library of the House copies of the national anti-doping organisation annual manifesto and quarterly reports for the years 2004, 2005 and 2006.[HL
	 Question number missing in Hansard, possibly truncated question.

Lord Davies of Oldham: UK Sport, the Government's lead agency for elite sport, currently invests in 29 of the 35 Olympic governing bodies of sport. Awards are made annually on the basis of investment in the governing bodies' World Class Performance Pathway. The total level of financial support received includes programme funding direct to the NGB, a budget for athlete personal awards, usually paid directly to the athlete by UK Sport, plus an allocation from TASS funding and for EIS service provision. A quarter payment would usually be a quarter of that total annual award; however, the actual amount received is variable, as it is subject to each sport's agreed drawdown requirement based on cash flow.
	For 15 of the Olympic summer sports receiving new or additional funding for London 2012, funding is also subject to their progress against a number of agreed performance and governance triggers. These triggers, in two distinct stages, were announced by UK Sport in April 2006 as a means to ensure that the governing bodies were "fit for purpose" in relation to their receiving public funds.
	For Q3, the final quarter of 2006, each sport will have been assessed against the funding triggers and the funding received based on their being in one of the following four categories:
	
		
			 Category 1 GB governance and performance management structure in place; all stage 1 and 2 performance and governance triggers met. In full receipt of Q1, Q2 and Q3 funding. 
			 Category 2 GB governance and performance management structure in place; Q1 and Q2 funding released in full. Q3 funding initially limited to up to 75 per cent as not all stage 2 performance and governance triggers met. 
			 Category 3 GB governance and performance management structure in place; Q1 funding available or released in full. Q2 and Q3 funding available at up to 50 per cent (depending on cash-flow need) while sports progress towards stage 1 funding triggers. 
			 Category 4 GB governance and/or performance management structure not yet in place or additional 2012 award not yet issued, as awaiting implementation of existing award conditions. 
		
	
	If a sport has had its payment reduced in October this year and subsequently meets its requirements between October and the end of December, the withheld proportion of the Q3 quarterly payment will be released.
	A list of all UK Sport funded governing bodies, outlining the total pathway award, the estimated quarterly payment and the status against funding trigger category, follows.
	
		
			   Total Pathway 2006-07 Average Qtr* Triggers 
			 1 Aquatics—Swimming £5,403,000.00 £1,350,750.00 100% 
			 2 Aquatics—Diving £1,484,000.00 £371,000.00 100% 
			 3 Aquatics—Synchro £523,000.00 £130,750.00 50% 
			 4 Aquatics—Water Polo £622,000.00 £155,500.00 100% 
			 5 Archery £767,000.00 £191,750.00 75% 
			 6 Athletics £6,593,000.00 £1,648,250.00 100% 
			 7 Badminton £2,250,000.00 £562,500.00 50% 
			 8 Baseball n/a n/a n/a 
			 9 Basketball £776,000.00 £194,000.00 0% 
			 10 Boxing £1,508,000.00 £377,000.00 0% 
			 11 Canoeing/Flat Water £3,491,000.00 £872,750.00 100% 
			 12 Canoeing/Slalom
			 13 Cycling £5,660,000.00 £1,415,000.00 100% 
			 14 Equestrian—Dressage
			 15 Equestrian—Eventing
			 16 Equestrian—Show Jumping £3,112,000.00 £778,000.00 100% 
			 17 Fencing £880,000.00 £220,000.00 75% 
			 18 Football n/a n/a n/a 
			 19 Gymnastics—Artistic
			 20 Gymnastics—Rhythmic
			 21 Gymnastics—Trampolining £2,347,000.00 £586,750.00 75% 
			 22 Handball £580,000.00 £145,000.00 75% 
			 23 Hockey £2,774,000.00 £693,500.00 75% 
			 24 Judo £1,774,000.00 £443,500.00 100% 
			 25 Modern Pentathlon £1,507,000.00 £376,750.00 100% 
			 26 Rowing £6,487,000.00 £1,621,750.00 100% 
			 27 Sailing £5,563,000.00 £1,390,750.00 100% 
			 28 Softball £170,000.00 £42,500.00 n/a 
			 29 Table Tennis £718,000.00 £179,500.00 75% 
			 30 Taekwondo £739,000.00 £184,750.00 100% 
			 31 Target Shooting £1,559,000.00 £389,750.00 0% 
			 32 Tennis n/a n/a n/a 
			 33 Triathlon £1,261,000.00 £315,250.00 100% 
			 34 Volleyball
			 35 Volleyball—Beach £792,000.00 £198,000.00 75% 
			 36 Weightlifting £462,000.00 £115,500.00 50% 
			 37 Wrestling—Freestyle
			 38 Wrestling—Greco-Roman £644,000.00 £161,000.00 75% 
			 39 Biathlon n/a n/a n/a 
			 40 Bobsleigh £131,428 £32,857.00  
			 41 Skeleton £432,360 £108,090.00  
			 42 Curling £116,928 £29,232.00  
			 43 Ice Hockey n/a n/a n/a 
			 44 Luge n/a n/a n/a 
			 45 Skating £335,400 £83,850.00  
			 46 Skiing £246,430 £61,607.50  
			 47 Snowboarding £63,942 £15,985.50  
			 *subject to cash-flow need

Lord Davies of Oldham: UK Sport, the Government's lead agency for elite sport, currently invests in 29 of the 35 Olympic governing bodies of sport. Awards are made annually on the basis of investment in the governing bodies' World Class Performance Pathway. The total level of financial support budgeted includes programme funding direct to the NGB, a budget for athlete personal awards, usually paid direct to the athlete by UK Sport, plus an allocation from TASS funding and for EIS service provision. The budget is therefore a quarter of that total annual award.
	A list of all UK Sport funded governing bodies, outlining the annual budgeted total pathway award and budgeted quarterly payment, follows.
	
		
			   Total Pathway 2006-07 Average Qtr* 
			 1 Aquatics—Swimming £5,403,000.00 £1,350,750.00 
			 2 Aquatics—Diving £1,484,000.00 £371,000.00 
			 3 Aquatics—Synchro £523,000.00 £130,750.00 
			 4 Aquatics—Water Polo £622,000.00 £155,500.00 
			 5 Archery £767,000.00 £191,750.00 
			 6 Athletics £6,593,000.00 £1,648,250.00 
			 7 Badminton £2,250,000.00 £562,500.00 
			 8 Baseball n/a n/a 
			 9 Basketball £776,000.00 £194,000.00 
			 10 Boxing £1,508,000.00 £377,000.00 
			 11 Canoeing/Flat Water   
			 12 Canoeing/Slalom £3,491,000.00 £872,750.00 
			 13 Cycling £5,660,000.00 £1,415,000.00 
			 14 Equestrian—Dressage   
			 15 Equestrian—Eventing   
			 16 Equestrian—Show Jumping £3,112,000.00 £778,000.00 
			 17 Fencing £880,000.00 £220,000.00 
			 18 Football n/a n/a 
			 19 Gymnastics—Artistic   
			 20 Gymnastics—Rythmic   
			 21 Gymnastics—Trampolining £2,347,000.00 £586,750.00 
			 22 Handball £580,000.00 £145,000.00 
			 23 Hockey £2,774,000.00 £693,500.00 
			 24 Judo £1,774,000.00 £443,500.00 
			 25 Modern Pentathlon £1,507,000.00 £376,750.00 
			 26 Rowing £6,487,000.00 £1,621,750.00 
			 27 Sailing £5,563,000.00 £1,390,750.00 
			 28 Softball £170,000.00 £42,500.00 
			 29 Table Tennis £718,000.00 £179,500.00 
			 30 Taekwondo £739,000.00 £184,750.00 
			 31 Target Shooting £1,559,000.00 £389,750.00 
			 32 Tennis n/a n/a 
			 33 Triathlon £1,261,000.00 £315,250.00 
			 34 Volleyball   
			 35 Volleyball—Beach £792,000.00 £198,000.00 
			 36 Weightlifting £462,000.00 £115,500.00 
			 37 Wrestling—Freestyle   
			 38 Wrestling—Greco-Roman £644,000.00 £161,000.00 
			 39 Biathlon n/a n/a 
			 40 Bobsleigh £131,428 £32,857.00 
			 41 Skeleton £432,360 £108,090.00 
			 42 Curling £116,928 £29,232.00 
			 43 Ice Hockey n/a n/a 
			 44 Luge n/a n/a 
			 45 Skating £335,400 £83,850.00 
			 46 Skiing £246,430 £61,607.50 
			 47 Snowboarding £63,942 £15,985.50 
			 * actual payment subject to cash-flow need and performance against funding triggers

Lord Davies of Oldham: The information in the table details how many recipients in each Olympic sport received World Class Performance Pathway support in 2004-05, 2005-06 and 2006-07 (accurate to November 2006) via UK Sport, the Government's lead agency for elite sport. The figures are based on athletes on UK Sport's World Class Performance Pathway programme in 2004-05 and 2005-06 and its World Class Podium programme in 2006-07. Each recipient would have received an average of £45,000 programme support from their governing body plus a separate athlete personal award, usually paid directly to the athlete by UK Sport. The average payment made across each Olympic sport is in the table.
	Funding per sport is guaranteed for each four-year Olympic cycle; therefore, programme funding is in place for each Olympic sport until March 2009 (the end of the Beijing cycle). The funding of each individual athlete in each sport is subject to a performance review at least annually, held by the performance director.
	
		
			 2004-05 
			  Total £ Total No. of Athletes Received Funding Avg APA 
			 Archery £23,628.00 3 £11,095.00 
			 Athletics £724,908.00 72 £12,601.00 
			 Badminton 0 0 0 
			 Bobsleigh 0 0 0 
			 Boxing 0 0 0 
			 Canoeing £273,051.00 30 £13,729.00 
			 Curling 0 0 0 
			 Cycling £405,081.00 30 £14,937.00 
			 Diving £123,496.00 10 £13,062.00 
			 Equestrian £88,890.00 14 £6,772.00 
			 Fencing 0 0 0 
			 Gymnastics—Artistic £35,744.00 8 £5,398.00 
			 Judo £136,540.00 20 £9,255.00 
			 Men's Artistic £17,663.00 4 £7,362.00 
			 Modern Pentathlon £109,835.00 11 £10,939.00 
			 Rhythmic Gymnastics £6,879.00 2 £6,708.00 
			 Rowing £766,699.00 58 £15,105.00 
			 Sailing £406,501.00 43 £11,798.00 
			 Skeleton £25,290.00 2 £16,860.00 
			 Skiing £13,146.00 3 £8,916.00 
			 Snowboarding £14,097.00 2 £7,434.00 
			 Speed Skating £41,798.00 4 £9,840.00 
			 Swimming £517,984.00 52 £10,728.00 
			 Taekwondo £56,496.00 6 £9,345.00 
			 Target Shooting £97,229.00 11 £10,892.00 
			 Trampolining £44,955.00 7 £7,284.00 
			 Triathlon £235,759.00 17 £15,305.00 
			 Weightlifting £5,700.00 1 £5,700.00 
			 Wrestling 0 0 0 
		
	
	
		
			 2005-06 
			  Total £ Total No. of Athletes Received Funding Avg APA 
			 Archery £39,036.00 5 £7,752.00 
			 Athletics £591,380.00 56 £15,370.00 
			 Badminton 0 0 0 
			 Bobsleigh £22,164.00 2 £11,376.00 
			 Boxing 0  0 
			 Canoeing £283,098.00 24 £14,635.00 
			 Curling 0 0 0 
			 Cycling £457,858.00 32 £15,836.00 
			 Diving £129,370.00 17 £11,697.00 
			 Equestrian £101,067.00 17 £8,135.00 
			 Fencing £17,362.00 4 £8,892.00 
			 Gymnastics—Artistic £12,964.00 2 £13,266.00 
			 Judo £95,452.00 11 £11,956.00 
			 Men's Artistic 0 0 0 
			 Modern Pentathlon £127,913.00 12 £12,502.00 
			 Rhythmic Gymnastics 0 0 0 
			 Rowing £629,131.00 54 £15,363.00 
			 Sailing £510,017.00 42 £13,897.00 
			 Skeleton £29,748.00 2 £16,411.00 
			 Skiing £21,273.00 3 £8,464.00 
			 Snowboarding £14,139.00 2 £6,948.00 
			 Speed Skating £68,350.00 8 £9,151.00 
			 Swimming £191,683.00 28 £9,141.00 
			 Taekwondo £49,648.00 6 £15,278.00 
			 Target Shooting £77,820.00 7 £11,700.00 
			 Trampolining £31,448.00 7 £6,997.00 
			 Triathlon £182,337.00 13 £13,493.00 
			 Weightlifting £5,700.00 1 £5,700.00 
			 Wrestling £14,376.00 2 £13,572.00 
		
	
	
		
			 2006-07 
			  Total £ Total No. of Athletes Received Funding Avg APA 
			 Archery £34,751.00 6 £14,160 
			 Athletics £282,220.00 41 £16,796 
			 Badminton £82,116.00 18 £11,782 
			 Bobsleigh £9,970.00 2 £11,964 
			 Boxing £79,765.00 18 £10,924 
			 Canoeing £133,110.00 20 £14,529 
			 Curling £5,984.00 2 £17,948 
			 Cycling £229,377.00 33 £17,203 
			 Diving £73,768.00 13 £12,777 
			 Equestrian £67,720.00 14 £11,234 
			 Fencing £19,940.00 4 £11,966 
			 Gymnastics—Artistic £18,313.00 2 £15,308 
			 Judo £50,066.00 9 £12,937 
			 Men's Artistic 0 0 £0 
			 Modern Pentathlon £47,856.00 9 £11,965 
			 Rhythmic Gymnastics 0 0 £0 
			 Rowing £318,345.00 45 £15,659 
			 Sailing £277,181.00 39 £17,660 
			 Skeleton £29,915.00 4 £17,947 
			 Skiing £14,955.00 3 £11,964 
			 Snowboarding £7,976.00 2 £11,964 
			 Speed Skating £33,938.00 7 £11,592 
			 Swimming £158,799.00 30 £12,545 
			 Taekwondo £28,417.00 4 £15,554 
			 Target Shooting £28,417.00 6 £13,161 
			 Trampolining £19,940.00 4 £11,964 
			 Triathlon £43,818.00 7 £14,529 
			 Weightlifting £7,479.00 1 £17,948 
			 Wrestling £12,465.00 2 £17,948 
			 Total £: total amount of direct investment in APAs (excluding education awards) 
			 No. of athletes: represents the total number of individual podium athletes who received a payment from UK Sport in given year 
			 Avg APA: based on commitments made in given year 
			 2006-07: figures are subject to change as sports complete their athlete reviews for the year.